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PERTH AND KINROSS COMMUNITY LEARNING PLAN 2019-2022

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Contents

Part 1 Introduction

What this Plan is for Who this Plan is for Local Community Planning and CLD

Part 2 Five Strategic Building Blocks for 2019 – 24

Giving every child the best start in life Developing educated, responsible and informed citizens Promoting a prosperous, inclusive & sustainable economy Supporting people to lead independent, healthy & active lives Creating a safe & sustainable place for future generations

Part 3 Governance and Monitoring Impact & Progress

Strengthening Governance Strengthening monitoring and performance frameworks

Part 4 Appendices

Appendix 1 Our Delivery Partners Appendix 2 Additional information from Partners Appendix 3 Current Performance Measures

Part 1 Introduction

Creating a confident, ambitious and fairer Perth and Kinross for all who live and work here.

What this Plan is for

This Plan sets out the commitments of Perth & Kinross Council and its partners to deliver Community Learning and Development (CLD) which improves people’s lives and increases equality. CLD supports people and communities to engage in learning, personal development and active citizenship.

CLD is an essential component for Community Planning Partnerships (CPP) to meet their statutory duty to increase equality. Alongside, Perth and Kinross Council has a statutory duty to coordinate and produce a CLD Plan which contributes to achieving the wider objectives of the CPP. The CLD approach is founded on working with, not just for, people and communities to improve their lives. It uses early intervention and prevention to address the root causes, not just the symptoms, of inequality. It is about building strong, resilient, influential and inclusive communities, and improving life chances for everyone through learning, employability, personal development and active citizenship. The 2017 independent Perth and Kinross Fairer Futures Commission http://www.pkc.gov.uk/fair has been a major step for identifying key inequalities in our area, with 7 workstreams in place, each led by a different Community Planning Partner, to address them. The Fairer Futures findings are part of the evidence base we use to inform our CLD planning, delivery and continuous improvement.

Perth and Kinross has strong, vibrant community infrastructure. Volunteering is above the national average with 31% (around 39,000 people) of our 150,000-strong population actively volunteering in their communities. There are around 170 social enterprises across the area and hundreds of formal and informal community groups and networks. On average, adults living here have more qualifications than the rest of the Scottish population. But we want to grow this asset by unlocking the potential of people and communities who are currently less engaged.

Who this Plan is for

The focus of this Plan is providing the best CLD to key priority groups – communities of geography and communities of interest – across Perth and Kinross. We use Stories of Place at area-wide and locality level to identify priorities including unmet need. Stories of Place provide the evidence from public service data and community intelligence to shape our priorities. Our area-wide Story of Place is part of the Community Plan 2017-27 Community Plan 2017-27.

Priority Groups

Based on our Stories of Place and engagement with local communities, key priority groups for this Plan include: • Volunteers and community groups, building their capacity to be positive influencers in their local area. • Pregnant women and parents who may need support to build their parenting skills and give their child the best start in life • Parents, young people and children with poor mental health or emotional wellbeing • Children in poverty • Young people including care experienced young people and young carers • People living in food and/or fuel poverty • Adult learners who need extra skills to find and sustain employment • People who have migrated to Perth and Kinross who may need extra literacy and language skills to settle and flourish here.

Unmet Needs

We recognise our CLD services don’t currently reach everyone who may need them, but early CLD intervention and prevention work may stop bigger challenges emerging in their lives. We also engage regularly with communities to make sure their voices are heard in planning and delivering CLD. Working within the National Standards for Community Engagement, we do this through:

• Learner’s Forums for young people and adults • Regular self-evaluation of Stronger Communities Teams • Evaluation of specific CLD projects and activities.

Our Delivery Capacity

Local Community Planning: the Local Action Partnerships

Since 2016 local Community Planning in Perth and Kinross has been delivered by 7 Local Action Partnerships. Appendix 2 is a map of the current LAPs. They bring together community representatives, Councilors and officers from Community Planning partners to make decisions about local priorities and needs. Each Local Action Partnership has a Local Action Plan with particular focus on improving equalities. The Action Plan is reviewed and updated annually.

Local Action Partnerships use ‘Stories of Place’ to guide the priorities in their Action Plans. These are locality profiles containing statistical and wider information about the area. They help the Partnerships and CLD providers to plan, manage and deliver services in the locality and make sure resources are targeted at what matters most for the community.

In 2017 and 2018 all LAPs delivered successful Participatory Budgeting (PB) programmes which mobilised over 7,000 people to vote and make decisions about local projects and initiatives across Perth and Kinross. Participation in PB increased by 78% from 2017 to 2018 and over £250,000 has been distributed to local projects in this way.

The Council’s Community Investment Fund (CIF) provides £1.2m to community-led projects over 2018/19 and 2019/20 and this Fund is being managed via the LAPs. Priority projects are those which improve equalities in localities and align with Local Action Plans.

LAPs are still at an early stage but they are adding value to existing community groups and networks across localities by providing a shared focus on overall priorities and needs, and by engaging more community members to take part in local decision making alongside elected members and Community Planning partners. In 2018 the Council carried out an improvement review of the first 2 years of LAPs and in December 2018 the Community Planning Partnership approved the resulting Improvement Plan to continue building the LAPs’ capacity.

Our Delivery Partners

The Plan is a strategic framework for all Council services and wider partners involved in delivering CLD. These include the Council’s core CLD teams, and teams embedded across the Council. These include Communities Team, Parent and Family Learning, Community Link Workers, Services for Young People, Tenant Participation and Community Greenspace. Collectively these services work together in partnership as the Stronger Communities Team across the Council and with wider delivery partners.

All delivery partners have contributed to this Plan and we consulted on it from June-September 2018. They are listed at Appendix 1 but include:

• PKAVS and the PKAVS Minority Communities Hub which works with many voluntary organisations across Perth and Kinross and delivers community engagement and ESOL training • Perth College/University of the Highlands and Islands which delivers a range of adult learning across the area • Live Active Leisure, which delivers Active Schools and a range of volunteer opportunities for children, young people and adults to get involved in community sport • Culture Perth and Kinross, which runs the People’s Network and public libraries across the area as venues for adult learning activities.

Workforce Development

The Council and its CLD delivery partners offer a strong, relevant range of training opportunities to staff across all delivery organisations. CLD working approaches are increasingly mainstreamed across Council services as a key benefit of the Stronger Communities Team model. Staff and community representatives are offered a range of accredited training up to postgraduate level, with opportunities shared across partners.

This, plus the range of non-accredited training, is resulting in very strong positive impacts in localities. CLD staff are part of the Tayside and Fife Professional Learning Alliance and are well networked within other regional and national practitioner forums.

Procurement and Social Benefit

In line with the Fairness Commission recommendations the Council is working with the business sector to achieve greater social value from public service contracts. We do this by including clauses in tenders requiring bidders to identify social benefits which can be delivered as part of the wider objectives of the contract. Projects are categorised as Improving Skills, Improving Education and Improving Employability. All these can support our Community Plan and CLD objectives to support young people and all working age people to find and sustain work. Contractor commitment and delivery is recorded by the Council’s Procurement team and reported on in the Annual Procurement Report, which is published at the end of each financial year.

Part 2 Five Strategic Building Blocks for 2019-24

This plan sets out 5 building blocks based on the five strategic objectives of the Community Plan 2017-27. Aligned to these we have set out improvement actions (“We Will”) for the next three years. Many of the detailed actions are set out in Council Service or Partner plans already in place or under development. Where this is the case we have included the relevant link.

Giving every child the best start in life

Community Plan Priorities • Children will be cared for and supported in nurturing environments. • Families, children and young people will develop the skills they need and/or access opportunities to help improve future outcomes. • Children and young people who experience particular inequalities and disadvantage will achieve health, wellbeing and educational outcomes comparable with all other children and young people.

We will How Who When 1. Support parents to find and understand Develop and implement Parent and Family Learning Review progress good quality, accessible information and range of improvement actions Team annually and further guidance that supports them to plan for and - Tayside Parenting Strategy develop meet the needs of their families. P&K Childcare and Family Information Service Tayside Collaborative Communications Group Community Link Worker Team 2. Embed community based activities which Dedicated time and staff CELCIS Implementation Team This piece of work is in support pregnant women to embrace have been identified within comprising partners from NHS its very early stages parenthood. the Parenting Strategy Team Tayside and Perth and Kinross and will be developed to build the capacity of the Council. across 2019. community in South Western Perth to meet the needs of expectant parents and families with infants.

Exisiting services will be mapped and gaps identified in provision. 3. Increase opportunities within local Develop range of All partners delivering family Review progress communities for families to access, co- improvement actions for the learning annually and further design and deliver family learning and play Tayside Parenting Strategy Community Greenspace develop events. Further develop support and Community Link Worker Team training opportunities on offer to parents and community groups Implement the PKC Action Plan for the national Play Strategy

Identify clear routes to access funding to support family learning activities

We will How Who When 4. Improve the support available within PKC Child Poverty Delivery All Partners Review progress communities to address food poverty. Plan annually and further develop 5. Support staff to develop the skills to Provide regular training Parenting and Family Learning Review progress identify needs and motivate parents to opportunities for staff – Team/NHS Tayside/PKC annually and further engage in parenting and family learning Introduction to Parenting Schools develop actions based programmes and to deliver evidence-based Programmes (IY/SFP) Community Link Worker Team on need programmes for parents and families. Connecting with Parent’s Motivation PEEP Bookbug Infant Massage Community Cook-It Friends for Life Seasons for Growth

Developing educated, responsible and informed citizens

Community Plan Priorities

• People and groups are confident, skilled, active and influential in their communities. • Our children, young people and their families will fulfil their potential through learning. • People and groups are empowered to make decisions which make their communities vibrant, inclusive places to live.

We will How Who When 1. Develop the capacity of Local Action Local Decision Making: Stronger Communities Team By Jan 2020 with mid- Partnerships and their members to Improvement Plan 2019-2020 review Dec 2019 strengthen local democracy 2. Build the capacity and number of volunteers Introduce an annual Youth Young People’s Services Ongoing across all areas Gathering Stronger Communities Team Saltire Awards for young PKAVS Third Sector Interface volunteers Live Active Leisure PACES programme for Culture Perth and Kinross community sports clubs Heritage volunteer programmes 3. Strenghten our focus on wider achievement Build an integrated learning Adult Literacy Partnership December 2019 of children, young people and adults offer with clear progression Young People’s Services including through accredited qualifications and accreditation routes for Duke of Edinburgh Association adult learners Services for Young People and Consolidate and expand Youth Work Providers achievement opportunities for Community Link Worker Team young people Consolidate Duke of Edinburgh as an existing successful achievement route Peer support programmes Self-regulation development

We will How Who When 4. Strengthen our targeted work to provide Deliver Adult Learning Communities Team Ongoing/annual review adult learning, personal development and through Learning Curve employability opportunities Work with vulnerable women Westbank and care experienced young people to gain employability Services for Young People skills. Develop Modern Throughcare and Aftercare Dec 2019 Apprenticeships opportunities Team for care experienced young Wellbank Housing Support people. Work closely with the Service learning curve to deliver Youth Worker, Corporate ESOL for unaccompanied Parenting asylum seekers.

Provide supported PKC Employment Support employment work experience Team to individuals who face significant barriers to employment such as learning disability, mental ill health, acquired brain injury or autism to achieve personal outcomes of paid employment. 5. Improve parental engagement to support Increase Family Learning PKC Schools Review progress their children’s learning opportunities that enable Parenting and family Learning annually and further parents to support their Team develop actions based children to achieve. Community Link Worker Team on need Develop and deliver family learning programmes Support to parents during period of transition Support parents to attend meetings

Promoting a prosperous, inclusive and sustainable economy

Community Plan Priorities

• Young people are supported in their transition from education into further education, training or work. • Working age people are supported to find and sustain work as the best route out of poverty.

We will How Who When 1. Maintain and strengthen referral routes (‘No Open access to young Throughcare aftercare July 2019 wrong door’) to support vulnerable young people through Scott Street Services for Young People people and adults into FE, training or work. Youth Services Wellbank 2. Continue to support care experienced Throughcare provision Throughcare aftercare March 2019 young people’s transition towards positive Supported Lodgings Services for Young People outcomes. UASC Wellbank Wellbank Continuing care Scott street services 3. Promote Activity Agreements as a plan of Through Young Person’s Throughcare Aftercare June 2019 learning and activity to re-engage young Plan development Services for Young People people with education and training. Wellbank review planners Wellbank Referrals to Services for Young People and appropriate contracted providers. 4. Strengthen our targeted work with people Develop through the Communities Team Ongoing/annual review who need extra skills to find and keep work. Learner’s forum and PKAVS Communities Team Plan Parenting and Family Learning Increase availability of Team accredited programmes that support parents to progress into training or employment

We will How Who When 5. Work with secondary schools to support Make links and work with Westbank Ongoing/annual review young people furthest from the job market into Secondary Schools’ Depute employability opportunities. Head Teachers (support) and Skills Development Scotland Careers advisors to identify and develop effective interventions such as work experience placements targeted at young people who are at risk of negative, post- school destinations.

Supporting people to lead independent, healthy and active lives

Community Plan Priorities

• People are supported to lead healthy, active lives by participating in CLD activities which maintain their health and wellbeing and reduce social isolation. • Carers are supported to look after their own health and wellbeing and have access to networks which reduce social isolation. • Our children and young people are physically, mentally and emotionally healthy.

We will How Who When 1. Support targeted well-being initiatives Implement new model of self- HSCP/Locality Teams Dec 2018 including social prescribing and self- management to enable this directed support. agenda across all 3 localities 2. Close the participation gap for children and Active Schools and other Live Active Leisure/PKC Ongoing with young people in sport and physical schools-based initiatives Schools quarterly reviews activities. 3. Consolidate our successful Community Community Sports Hub Live Active Leisure Ongoing with Sports Hubs and target future development programme quarterly reviews towards areas of need. 4. Support mental and emotional well-being by Enhance existing services HSCP/Locality Teams March 2019 utilising Commitment 15 monies to address and recruit relevant staff into stress and distress amongst our posts to support the Health communities. and Wellbeing hubs 5. Formation of integrated Health and Social Align staff groups to form Locality Managers Dec 2019 Care teams across Perth and Kinross which Integrated Care Teams will deliver on the strategic themes outlined (ICTs) across 3 localities. in the HSCP strategic Plan. 6. Support adults and children to have healthy Engage in development and NHS Tayside Ongoing with weights. implementation of a Tayside annual review Healthy Weight Strategy.

Creating a safe and sustainable place for future generations

Community Plan Priorities • People are active contributors to keeping their communities vibrant, inclusive places to live. • Communities are environmentally aware, sustainable places to live.

We will How Who When 1. Deliver a programme of community Zero Waste Action Plan Zero Waste Perth Ongoing with activities to prevent food waste, increase PKC Waste Management annual review recycling and reuse/repair, and promote the sustainable and circular economy 2. Support communities to own or manage Local Asset Transfer Stronger Communities Team Sept 2019: local assets Programme launch new LAT programme 3. Develop online resources to support Develop the Your Community Stronger Communities Team April 2020 community capacity PK portal and PlaceCheck initiative across localities 4. Improve practice and develop resources to Making Where We Live Tenant and Resident Ongoing with inform and support specific communities Better group for inclusive Participation, Housing and annual review within the Council’s tenant and resident living Environment community Homeless Voice Association SURE team 5. Promote wide-ranging community Tenant and Resident Tenant and Resident Ongoing with engagement in fact-finding and evaluation, Participation Strategy Participation, Housing and annual review and develop community-led activities Environment 6. Work with individuals, organisations and Estate Based Initiatives Tenant and Resident Ongoing with community groups to increase tenant and Programme Participation, Housing and annual review resident confidence and build their capacity Locality Engagement Days Environment September 2019 to identify concerns and address local community issues

Part 4 Governance and Measuring Impact

Governance Framework

Perth and Kinross Council has the statutory responsibility for planning and overseeing delivery of effective CLD services which clearly contribute to the Community Plan. Delivery progress is reported to the CPP Board as part of the Community Plan Annual Report.

Within the Council, oversight of CLD sits with Corporate and Democratic Services as a key corporate priority. Detailed progress is monitored by the Council’s Corporate Management Group and formally reported to the Council’s Strategic Policy and Resources Committee every six months. The Stronger Communities Delivery Group, chaired by the Council’s Communities Service Manager, is a Partnership working group accountable to the Corporate Management Group for delivery progress.

CPP Board Strategic overview of the CLD contribution to delivering the Community Plan

Strategic Policy and Resources Committee Overview of CLD Plan delivery and impact measures PKC

Executive Officer Receives quarterly progress report Team

Corporate Monitors CLD Plan delivery and tackles barriers to progress

Management Group

Stronger Communities Co-ordinates integrated delivery across partners Delivery Group

ImprovingService/Team governance Plans and Measuring impact

As our Local Action Partnerships develop and local community planning gathers pace, we are committed to developing and strengthening our governance and approach to measuring CLD impact as well. Our current key performance measures for CLD are at Appendix 3. We are committed to the following improvement actions relating to governance and measuring impact, supported by:

• Our Improvement Plan for Local Decision Making following an independent review of Local Action Partnerships carried out by What Works Scotland in 2017 • A planned review of CPP governance in 2019 • Updating our performance measures to focus on impact rather than outputs/inputs • Strengthening our approach to joint self-evaluation and integrated service planning, including integrated self-evaluation of our Community Campuses

We will How Who When 1. Broaden community membership of the Local Decision Making Stronger Communities April 2020 Local Action Partnerships Improvement Plan 2019-2020 LAP Chairs and Lead Officers 2. Ensure the ‘golden thread’ to tackle Revise and refresh the CLD LAP Chairs and Lead Officers May 2019 stubborn inequality by aligning LAP Local Partnership Delivery Group Action Plan with the 2017 Fairer Futures Annual Review process for Commission Findings Local Action Plans 3. Strengthen formal mechanisms for CPP Governance Review Stronger Communities Sept 2019 planning, shaping, delivering and CPP Board monitoring CLD services 4. Review and update the impact measures Review of current measures Stronger Communities Sept 2019 for CLD and survey of best practice CLD Delivery Group elsewhere 5. Strengthen joint self-evaluation with Introduce rolling self- Stronger Communities Sept corresponding integrated service planning evaluation programme across CLD Delivery Group 2019/ongoing across CLD delivery partners LAP areas Service and Team planning CLD delivery partners reviews/updated

Appendix 1: Our Delivery Partners

Action on Hearing Loss Adult Literacy Partnership Safer Community Wardens PKC Alyth Development Trust Auchterarder Community Sports Hub Education Services, PKC Blairgowrie and Rattray Development Trust Broke not Broken Services for Children, Young People and Families PKC Care and Wellbeing Cooperative CATH Strathearn Art for Experience Citizens Advice Bureau Communities Skills Development Scotland Community Councils Community Link Team PKC Strathearn Art Space Comrie Development Trust Credit Union Strathearn Building Bridges Culture and Communities Service PKC Culture PK Tenant & Resident Participation Team PKC Duke of Edinburgh Association Dunbarney Parish Church Wellbank Employability Training Providers Employers YMCA Foodbank Youth Work Providers Friends of Aytoun Hall Health & Social Care Partnership Save the Children Highland Perthshire Crossing Borders HMP Perth Parent Network Scotland Homestart Perth Housing and Environment Service PKC Families Outside Housing Associations Housing Associations Police Scotland Kids Week in Crieff Kinross Parish Church Kinross-shire Community Sports Hub LEAD Scotland LGBT Youth Scotland Literacies Partnership Live Active Leisure Local People LOGOS Youth Project National Childbirth Trust Perth & District Navigate NHS Maternity Services NHS Tayside Older Peoples Housing Team PKC Opportunities for All Partnership Outside the Box Parenting and Family Learning Team Perth & Kinross Social Enterprise Network Perth Autism Support Perth College UHI PKAVS Carers Hub PKAVS Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub PKAVS Minority Communities Hub PKAVS Third Sector and Volunteering Hubs Planning and Development PKC PUSH RASAC Remake

Appendix 2: Local Action Partnerships

Appendix 3: Current performance measures

Indicator Performance Target Target Target 2020/21 Community Plan 2017/18 2018/19 2019/21 Strategic Objective Number of people involved in family 523 450 450 450 1 learning and parenting programmes Number of young people achieving 650 650 650 650 2 awards1 % of school leavers moving into positive 96% 93% 93% 93% 2 and sustained destinations % of adults 16-64 with qualifications 92% 92% 92% 92% 3 above SCQF level 4 % of young people and adults actively 31% 32% 32% 32% 5 volunteering in their communities

1 Duke of Edinburgh, Youth Achievement, Dynamic Youth, ASDAN